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[quote=Anonymous]So many of the women I know have the kind of close relationship with their mothers where they talk all the time and tell each other everything.  I love my mom, respect her, and think she was a great mother, but she is not my friend.  We talk no more than once every 2-3 weeks and see each other face to face maybe 2-3 times a year (my parents live 500+ miles away).  When we do talk, it's generally about superficial things and I don't confide in her.  For example, my husband and I went through many years of infertility and multiple rounds of IVF, but my mother has no idea.  To be honest, I don't look forward to our conversations--maybe because they make me I feel like I'm 13 years old again, although I couldn't say why I feel this way.  She's a pretty reserved person (I am too) and religious (I am not) but I'm not sure how much that has to do with the problem.

Does anyone else feel this way about their mom?  Any theories about why you aren't close?  If you and your mom do have a close relationship, were you always this way?  At this point, there's probably not much I can do about the relationship with my own mother but quite frankly, I'm terrified that I'll end up having the same issues with my daughter.
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